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Crystals and Gemstones only !

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Featured Work

Natural Light by CrystalAngels

Natrolite crystals collapsed in a heap laughing!
Cerridwyn by CrystalAngels

Look to the rear of the shot. It turned out very soft because the depth of field was eon the Tibetan Pulsers . Cerridwyn. She’s a very loving happy chuckling Welsh Witch. Full of wisdom and not afraid to share it. I tried to give this crystal as a gift to several people, but Cerridwyn had other ideas
my favorite stone by anthony dimichele

scan of a pet stone
Misty Billabong by CrystalAngels

Blue Chrysopal (water opal). Early mist rising over the billabong. Any closer and we’d be inside it
Pink Rose Aura by CrystalAngels

Pink Rose Aura Quartz with Inner Rainbow, Star Burst & Bridge Crystals
Heart of a Geode by Linda Sparks

Just concentrating on shapes and patterns at last year’s Tucson gem show produced a wide array of interesting pics. Problem was for many of them I didn’t know how to bring out the beauty. A little manipulation with the RAW converter in PS Elements and voila, clear crystals take on life. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 Winner (tie) in Mega Macro Challenge, Crystals and Gemstones 11/15/09 Featured in Crystals and Gemstones, Only 10/05/09
Made with Love...By Marie angel... by marieangel

For Those that read Letter to my Angel…when I was very ill last year and suffered one health set back after another..( I had actually experienced a flat liner on the heart machine and was rushed into resuss). After coming out of hospital and warned by the doctor to take things easy until more tests were cleared…(not one to sit still) I wanted to create something to illuminate that I was still here to tell my story…I decided to have a go at making this very special piece of hand made crystal jewellery…i write but I do not draw or paint ..this is a new creative side of me I found…I had been collecting these antique crystals for months from antique shops I restrung them cleaned them and re strung with sterling silver pins and 100 of these crystals are from a 90 year old necklace belonging to my beloved grannie …The whole necklace is made up from approx 600 individual bead. / Every single crystal is hand pinned…on to wire…. / A very good friend and fellow red bubbler ,,,Gouzele taught me to do this art and after being shown how to twist and pin five beads i took over the necklace it is my pride and joy and I have now made bracelet and earrings to match and several gift bracelets for dear friends. The power of the crystal is amazing especially when caught in the light…I also made one and raffled it for a special charity… / This one being my first is very special as it was made at a time I was ILL it reminds me how lucky I am and how grateful I am to still shine … / At weekends when i have the time I thread these crystals to make this jewellery usually for gifts for my friends.. / FEATURED IN CRYSTALS AND GEMSTONES / Sept 2009 / FEATURED IN THE WORLD HOW WE SEE IT OR HOW WE MISSED IT OCT 2009 / Voted in the top ten What we do in The world how we see it Challenge…. Thank you once again Gouzele for your time friendship and patience.
The Hidden Land - Glaciers by Aileen David

Here’s another instalment tour into The Hidden Land. / As before, this collection features rocks and minerals highlighting their unique properties and formations. I always try to take as macro a shot as I can without loosing too much information about my subjects. With this series, I was handicapped as the specimens were behind glass cases; they were taken at the Australian Museum. I also only had what light was available there so positioning myself to get the best angles was key to capturing the images I wanted. You’d be forgiven if at first you thought this is ice, but it’s salt…yes, rock salt :) Halite aka Rock Salt / Halite is the mineral form of sodium chloride, NaCl, commonly known as rock salt. Halite forms isometric crystals. The mineral is typically colorless to yellow, but may also be light blue, dark blue, and pink depending on the amount and type of impurities.Halite occurs in vast beds of sedimentary evaporite minerals that result from the drying up of enclosed lakes, playas, and seas. Salt beds may be up to hundreds of meters thick and underlie broad areas. In the United States and Canada extensive underground beds extend from the Appalachian basin of western New York through parts of Ontario and under much of the Michigan Basin.Halite is often used both residentially and municipally for managing ice. Because brine (a solution of water and salt) has a lower freezing point than ordinary water, putting salt on ice will cause it to melt. It is common for homeowners in cold climates to spread ‘rock salt’ on their walkways and sometimes driveways after a snow storm to melt the ice. It is not necessary to use so much salt that the ice is completely melted; rather, a small amount of salt will weaken the ice so that it can be easily removed by other means. Also, many cities will spread a mixture of sand and salt on roads during and after a snowstorm to improve traction. / Rock salt is also used to make ice cream. It is not actually used in the ice cream mixture; rather, it is used to melt the ice surrounding the can holding the ice cream, causing the ice to melt at a lower temperature, thus lowering the temperature of the ice bath and quickening the freezing process. / Rock salt is also occasionally used instead of a slug or shot in shotgun shells as a less-than-lethal option. / from: Wikipedia
Blue Sky Eye by kappisan

This beautifull Rock-shot Rocks! / It got a Feature in the Crystals and Gemstones only! / (and some others of mine aswell) / i’m feeling very proud! :) / (canonpowershotA480,adjusted the saturation in picasa)
Crystal-Clear by kappisan

My beautifull (mountain)crystal against our Dutch-sky on a / beautiful sunny day! AND…It got Featured too!:) In the Crystals and Gemstones group! waow! 2in 1day! (canonpowershotA480,hand held,stone aswell!,and no adjusting,just cut the edges a little!)
Triple Moon Goddess by Evita

Triple Moon Goddess Pendant / Moonstone Featured in Beads and Baubles Group, August 2009 Featured in Crystals and Gemstones Group September 2009 / Avatar in Crystals and Gemstones Group, September 2009 / The triple moon goddess is a symbol that represents the Maiden, Mother and Crone as the waxing,full and waning moon Maiden = new beginnings, birth, youth represented by the waxing moon. Mother = fertility, sexuality, fulfillment, stability, power and life represented by the full moon Crone = wisdom, repose, death, and endings represented by the waning moon / / Information from : Wikipedia /

Recent Work

The Hidden Land – Cityscape by Aileen David

This is the last batch of my The Hidden Land collection from the Australian Museum. As before, the handicaps and limitations of the shots are the same – behind glass cases and limited lighting. This collection features rocks and minerals highlighting their unique properties and formations. I always try to take as macro a shot as I can without loosing too much information about my subjects. Some post work was needed to bring out the textures and balance the lighting – Tone Curve, Saturation and Gamma. Best viewed larger…really Salt Crystals / Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt, or halite, is an ionic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. As the major ingredient in edible salt, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative.Salt is currently mass-produced by evaporation of seawater or brine from other sources, such as brine wells and salt lakes, and by mining rock salt, called halite. In 2002, world production was estimated at 210 million metric tonnes, the top five producers (in million tonnes) being the United States (40.3), China (32.9), Germany (17.7), India (14.5) and Canada (12.3). / Sodium chloride forms crystals with face-centered cubic symmetry. In these, the larger chloride ions, shown to the right as green spheres, are arranged in a cubic close-packing, while the smaller sodium ions, shown to the right as silver spheres, fill all the cubic gaps between them. Each ion is surrounded by six ions of the other kind; the surrounding ions are located at the vertices of a perfect octahedron. / This same basic structure is found in many other minerals and is commonly known as the halite or rock-salt crystal structure. It can be represented as a face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice with a two atom basis. The first atom is located at each lattice point, and the second atom is located half way between lattice points along the fcc unit cell edge. / It is held together with an ionic bond and electrostatic forces. from: Wikipedia
Dusky Heart by Val Zdero

This is my newest handmade creation using heaps of copper wire in different thicknesses – the beads are Black Diamond Crystal beads as well as Teal Rondelles – a piece like this can take me up to 5 hours to meke – lucky I love making metal jewellery and the time flies :D
Writing

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Blue LoVe HeArT Slice agate by Amanda Emblow

Blue LoVe HeArT Slice agate /
The Hidden Land – The Library by Aileen David

This is the last batch of my The Hidden Land collection from the Australian Museum. As before, the handicaps and limitations of the shots are the same – behind glass cases and limited lighting. This collection features rocks and minerals highlighting their unique properties and formations. I always try to take as macro a shot as I can without loosing too much information about my subjects. Some post work was needed to bring out the textures and balance the lighting – Tone Curve, Saturation and Gamma. Best viewed larger…really Saleeite / Saleeite is a secondary uranium mineral occurring in the oxidized zones of uranium deposits, or as disseminations in carnotite-bearing sandstones. Its chemical formula is Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10(H2O). It was discovered in 1932 at Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is named for Belgian mineralogist, Achille Salée (1883-1932), Professor at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. from: Wikipedia
Cerridwyn by CrystalAngels

Look to the rear of the shot. It turned out very soft because the depth of field was eon the Tibetan Pulsers . Cerridwyn. She’s a very loving happy chuckling Welsh Witch. Full of wisdom and not afraid to share it. I tried to give this crystal as a gift to several people, but Cerridwyn had other ideas
The Hope Diamond by Cora Wandel

The Hope Diamond is the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 45.52 carats and valued at around $225 million. It is on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. This was a difficult photograph to take because the diamond is displayed in a four-sided glass case and rotates around so that people on all sides can see it. The glass, rotation of the diamond, and all the lights and flashes reflecting off of the diamond made it very difficult for me to get what I consider a good quality photograph of it. Camera: Canon Rebel XTi 400D
The Hidden Land - Where Dragons Sleep by Aileen David

This is the last batch of my The Hidden Land collection from the Australian Museum. As before, the handicaps and limitations of the shots are the same – behind glass cases and limited lighting. This collection features rocks and minerals highlighting their unique properties and formations. I always try to take as macro a shot as I can without loosing too much information about my subjects. Some post work was needed to bring out the textures and balance the lighting – Tone Curve, Saturation and Gamma. Best viewed larger…really Molybdenite on Quartz / _Molybdenite is a mineral of molybdenum disulfide, MoS2. Similar in appearance and feel to graphite, molybdenite has a lubricating effect that is a consequence of its layered structure. The atomic structure consists of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between sheets of sulfide atoms. The Mo-S bonds are strong, but the interaction between the sulfur atoms at the top and bottom of separate sandwich-like tri-layers is weak, resulting in easy slippage as well as cleavage planes. Molybdenite occurs in high temperature hydrothermal ore deposits. Its associated minerals include pyrite, chalcopyrite, quartz, anhydrite, fluorite, and scheelite. Important deposits include the disseminated porphyry molybdenum deposits at Questa, New Mexico and the Henderson and Climax mines in Colorado. Molybdenite also occurs in porphyry copper deposits of Arizona, Utah, and Mexico. The element rhenium is always present in molybdenite as a substitute for molybdenum, usually in the parts per million (ppm) range, but often up to 1–2%. High rhenium content results in a structural variety detectable by X-ray diffraction techniques. Molybdenite ores are essentially the only source for rhenium. The presence of the radioactive isotope rhenium-187 and its daughter isotope osmium-187 provides a useful geochronologic dating technique._ from: Wikipedia
my favorite stone by anthony dimichele

scan of a pet stone
"BIRDSTONE"(quartz) by MichaelTravis

I THOUGHT IT RESEMBLED A BIRD OF PREY
'Mermaid' by Val Zdero

Well, this is my newest wire wrap pendant using recycled pieces of wire including sterling silver, aluminium and European silver plated wire – I have wired 19 Topaz gems into the pendant as well as one Green Quartz dangling from the pain pendant. The mermaid image comes from my own painting and its captured inside a cabochon with a magnifying glass dome. The original can be found here for sale: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34557627